WARDA v. C.I.R.

No. 92-2344.

15 F.3d 533 (1994)

Ethel M. WARDA, Petitioner-Appellant, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided January 26, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter J. Johnson (briefed), Jay L. Schultz (argued and briefed), St. Joseph, MI, for petitioner-appellant.

Gary R. Allen, Acting Chief (briefed), David English Carmack, Christine Grant (argued), U.S. Dept. of Justice, Appellate Section Tax Div., Washington, DC, for respondent-appellee.

Before: NELSON and NORRIS, Circuit Judges; and HEYBURN, District Judge.


JOHN G. HEYBURN II, District Judge.

Petitioner Ethel Warda appeals the tax court's determination that certain conveyances of land from Mrs. Warda to her son were taxable gifts. This Court is faced with two Michigan probate court decisions, one from 1953 and another from 1992, each of which, if followed here, would produce completely different results. The 1953 probate ruling declared that Mrs. Warda held title to the property the Commissioner now wishes to tax; the...

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